Chapter 418 Another sky-high price quote
Chapter 418 Another sky-high price quote
As for why the Qatar consortium is burning so much money, it is actually to build momentum for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Buying Paris Saint-Germain and entering the five major leagues is one of their major moves to build momentum for the World Cup!
In addition to buying Paris Saint-Germain to enter the five major leagues, they also bought a large number of stars to expand their influence as much as possible.
If the Abu Dhabi consortium's acquisition of Manchester City set a precedent for gold-dollar football in the post-Chelsea era, then the Qatar consortium will undoubtedly further promote gold-dollar football and rapidly expand the bubble in the football world.
And unlike Mansour’s Abu Dhabi Consortium, the Abu Dhabi Consortium has now begun to build their own football kingdom through City Football Group.
They have long-term development plans in football-related fields.
And what about the Qatari consortium?
There is no long-term plan in sight at the moment, it’s more like they are just taking money to make a fool of themselves!
After spending a lot of money to buy Paris Saint-Germain and a large number of players, Paris Saint-Germain almost won the Ligue 1 championship in the following years.
This achievement is actually worthy of the Qatari consortium’s investment. In terms of publicity effect, it has actually achieved their goal.
But everything is afraid of comparison. In the same game of gold and dollar football, Manchester City is undoubtedly more successful than Paris Saint-Germain.
After all, Manchester City won the Champions League, but Paris Saint-Germain did not!
If Manchester City failed to win the championship in the previous seasons, then Paris Saint-Germain's record is not unacceptable to the Qatari consortium.
But after Manchester City won the championship, the Qatari consortium, which had been fighting openly and covertly with the Abu Dhabi consortium, was completely unable to sit still!
The French Ligue 1 ranks low among the five major leagues, and the competition is far less fierce than the Premier League.
As a result, the value of the French Ligue 1 championships they won was much lower than that of the Premier League, and they were firmly suppressed by the opponent in almost all aspects.
How can I bear this? So they bought a series of stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo last season in order to re-enter the Champions League. However, they did not expect to fall short in the Champions League semi-finals this season and lost directly to their rival Manchester City. This made PSG spend a huge price. Saint-Germain was certainly not satisfied.
So after Barcelona offered a sky-high transfer contract, Paris Saint-Germain, not to be outdone, followed without hesitation and came up with its own transfer offer for Zhao Jinge, which was 350 million euros!
L’Equipe also immediately reported Paris Saint-Germain’s sky-high transfer intention to the whole world!
If Zhao Jinge can be lured to Paris Saint-Germain, then with this transfer alone, he will be able to make a strong presence in front of fans all over the world.
With a total of 350 million euros, the continuous record-breaking transfers have created a sensation far greater than the joining of Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo last year.
Moreover, once Zhao Jinge is poached, the tactical system that Manchester City has finally built will completely collapse.
Manchester City's record will surely plummet next season, and conversely, Paris Saint-Germain may take off.
Even if the transfer fails in the end, the 350 million euros offer for Zhao Jinge can give them a lot of hype and attract the attention of all parties.
Anyway, they are just riding on the popularity, no matter whether they succeed or not, they will definitely make money!
How could Paris Saint-Germain miss such a good thing?
Therefore, the gossip disclosed by France's L'Equipe is actually not without purpose.
PSG have every incentive to submit an offer, and they're not short of money either.
As for whether spending 350 million euros to buy Zhao Jinge is worth it, let professional analysts evaluate this matter.
The professional agency hired by the Qatar Consortium finally analyzed and concluded based on the various data collected about Zhao Jinge:
If you buy Zhao Jinge at this price, you will definitely make a profit!
Even if we don't take into account the huge publicity benefits this transfer will bring to the Qatari consortium, just bringing Zhao Jinge to the Parc des Princes is a very affordable price!
Ronaldo, Messi and Zhao Jinge are the three strongest players in today's football world.
These three are all superstars with a price but no market. To buy them, you don't have to have money.
The Qatari consortium is not worried about spending money, they are worried that Manchester City will reject their offer!
After the news came out, following Barcelona fans, Paris Saint-Germain fans immediately became crazy!
Although they already have a superstar like Ronaldo in their team, Ronaldo is too old and it is still unknown whether he can continue to maintain his peak level!
But Zhao Jinge is different. Not only is he very young, but his strength has completely reached or even exceeded the level of the peerless twins.
If such a top superstar can be bought, Paris Saint-Germain's strength will be even greater.
However, Paris Saint-Germain fans took it for granted. When they learned that the club intended to buy Zhao Jinge, Paris Saint-Germain's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to the club.
"If the club insists on bringing in Zhao Jinge, I will leave Paris Saint-Germain!"
When Ronaldo transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, the contract signed with Paris clearly stated that Ronaldo needs to be the core of the team.
Although Cavani was the starting center of Paris Saint-Germain at the time, Ronaldo was sure that he could defeat the opponent and let the opponent serve as his wingman. That was because he felt that he was stronger than Cavani, so he should be the core of it. , the other party acts as a foil.
But when facing Zhao Jinge, whose strength and reputation are no worse than his own, Ronaldo no longer has such confidence. He is just confident but not stupid!
Once Zhao Jinge joins, there is a high probability that Ronaldo will be forced to become a wingman to assist Zhao Jinge.
This is absolutely intolerable for Ronaldo, who has a strong nature.
Just like when he was at Real Madrid last summer and couldn't tolerate Real Madrid contacting Zhao Jinge, he didn't think he could coexist with Zhao Jinge at Paris Saint-Germain.
If the other party is coming, then he has no choice but to leave.
Regarding Ronaldo's threat, Paris Saint-Germain naturally tried its best to persuade him to keep him.
Of course, this does not mean that they will give up trying to introduce Zhao Jinge.
It's just leaving a way out if the transfer fails. If Zhao Jinge is not bought and Ronaldo gets angry and runs away, it will be too much of a loss.
And there is no doubt that Manchester City will not accept their offer!
After Paris Saint-Germain's first offer was sent, Manchester City was so surprised that they rejected it without even looking at it.
Manchester City's attitude is very firm: Zhao Jinge is not for sale to the team and will not be sold for any money!
The Qataris seemed to have predicted that this would happen, and they were not discouraged. Since a direct quotation was not possible, they would send someone to contact the player himself to see if they could do the player's job.
So, the next day after this rumor came out, Zhao Jinge received a call from his agent Mendes.
"So, is Paris Saint-Germain's offer true?" Zhao Jinge noticed the gossip on the Internet yesterday. He thought it was false news, but after receiving a call from Mendes, Zhao Jinge felt that the matter was not that simple.
"Yes, Paris Saint-Germain really submitted an offer of 350 million euros! On the contrary, Barcelona, which was so excited at the beginning, has not yet issued a specific transfer offer!"
When answering this question, Mendes felt a little unreal.
Unknowingly, Zhao Jinge's net worth has soared to this level?
This is 350 million euros!
This amount of money may have exceeded the entire team value of most ordinary teams in the five major leagues!
For many teams, this money is enough for them to build a very good lineup, but Paris Saint-Germain uses it to buy one person!
It’s really luxurious to the extreme!
"Man City didn't agree, did they?"
Zhao Jinge asked. Manchester City was not short of money. They would probably not agree to this kind of poaching unless they were crazy.
"Well, Manchester City rejected their offer!"
"Then you called me because a direct offer from Paris Saint-Germain was not feasible, so someone contacted you and offered them their conditions?"
Zhao Jinge immediately guessed the purpose of Mendes' call. If the direct quotation failed, he would contact the players privately and do ideological work for the players themselves. This kind of thing is nothing new in football.
For example, when Bell transferred to Real Madrid, in order to bargain with Tottenham, Real Madrid found Bell in advance, worked through his ideological work, and asked him to stop playing and training, thereby forcing Tottenham to release him.
But Tottenham chairman Levy is also a ruthless person. He refused to let go. He would rather not use Bale and refused to lower the price.
Tottenham not only refused to let go, but even after realizing that Real Madrid was determined to Qingshan, they significantly increased their offer, killing Real Madrid severely.
"That's it. Are you interested in hearing the terms offered by Paris Saint-Germain?"
Mendes is a little excited about Paris Saint-Germain's offer, because according to the agent's commission rules, if the transfer is successful, he can take 10% of the transfer fee, which is 35 million euros. commission!
This is the most valuable transaction he has ever seen in his life!
With such a high commission rate, it’s no wonder that many players’ agents encourage their players to transfer.
"No interest. I have no intention of leaving Manchester City for the time being, let alone going to Ligue 1!"
Zhao Jinge is satisfied with his current life in Manchester City. The team's lineup is almost in sync and is very competitive in both the league and the Champions League.
In addition, the club and the big boss Mansour are very good to him. He is not the kind of ungrateful person and does not want to do such a thing that betrays the team.
Besides, if you really want to transfer, you can only transfer back to the Bundesliga, your hometown!
In the UK, what dissatisfied Zhao Jinge the most was the weather.
The weather in Manchester is cold, humid, and very changeable. It can even rain several times a day, making the wet and cold weather a bit unbearable.
Seeing that Zhao Jinge was not interested in understanding, Mendes also consciously did not continue the topic.
Although Zhao Jinge had no plans to leave, Manchester City still felt nervous.
Guardiola, who is preparing to buy people from all over the world in Manchester, was stunned when he learned of Paris Saint-Germain's offer!
Good guy, this home has been stolen?
Zhao Jinge is the most important player under his command. If Zhao Jinge is poached, how will Manchester City play next season?
He immediately called the club and after confirming that the club rejected Paris Saint-Germain's offer, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the alarm cannot be completely eliminated. What if Zhao Jinge is moved by the other party's sincerity and wants to leave?
Therefore, Guardiola personally went to Zhao Jinge's home in Wolfsburg and visited Zhao Jinge at his door.
"Coach, why are you here?"
Zhao Jinge was a little surprised when he met Guardiola.
"Let me have a look, and by the way, do you have any thoughts on the team's signings this summer?"
Guardiola did not directly ask Zhao Jinge if he wanted to transfer and leave. Instead, he tested his tone by making insinuations.
"The club can just recruit according to its own plan. I don't have any special ideas!"
Zhao Jinge didn't know much about the team's transfer, and he didn't want to get involved, so as not to give the outside world the impression that he was reaching out too far.
As a player, your first duty is to play football well. It is not a good thing to be overly involved in the club's transfer operations. Director Mu later served as a negative example of this.
"It doesn't matter, you can speak freely. By the way, let me introduce to you our recruitment ideas this summer."
Guardiola patiently introduced which players Manchester City may need to introduce this summer.
The defenders must be strengthened. Manchester City captain Kompany's contract has expired and he has not accepted the club's contract extension.
He wrote on his Twitter: "I am really excited and happy to win two coveted Champions League titles. I would like to thank everyone at the club for this is a wonderful period of my career and life. "
Although he did not explicitly say that he wanted to leave, it can be seen from his refusal to sign the contract extension that he has already considered leaving. This veteran captain of Manchester City and Belgium may have decided to return to his old club, the Belgian club. Anderlecht.
Kompany has played for Manchester City for nine years, but in the past two seasons he has gradually become a substitute in Manchester City. Last season, he did not make many appearances and started only fifteen games. This may be what he is most dissatisfied with. The place.
Now that his contract has expired, if he leaves Manchester City and joins another team for free, he can get a good contract with this favorable condition.
Guardiola's positioning of Kompany is an important rotation and will not give him the promise of the main position, so he finds it difficult to keep Kompany.
It's not sweet to be forced. Since the other party wants to leave, just let him go. Manchester City is not the kind of impersonal club.
(End of this chapter)
